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Don Nitchie just passed along some info about the latest issue of Banjo NewsLetter, the longest running publication of its kind. In the January 2006 Banjo NewsLetter we feature David Talbot, banjo player with the The Grascals, who recently won the

Silver Strings is an online banjo magazine, published especially for new pickers embarking on a study of the instrument in their middle to later years. The "ezine" is meant to be roughly equal parts informational, instructional and motivational, and a

The Roanoke Times, formerly the home town newspaper for noted bluegrass singer/songwriter Ronnie Bowman, closed the year with a brief catch up piece on the Franklin County, VA native. Times writer Ralph Berrier offers a brief overview of Ronnie's big

CMT.com, the online side of cable network CMT (Country Music Television), has posted a list of their Ten Favorite Bluegrass Albums of 2005. The choices cover an interesting range of styles, and include both new and re-issue projects from legends and

Del McCoury fans should enjoy reading this article, which ran in December 29 issue of The Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro, TN. Though published primarily as a preview piece on The Del McCoury Band's annual New Year's Eve concert in

We posted last week to let everyone know that Rob Ickes and Tim Stafford would be guests on National Public Radio's All Things Considered program on Christmas Day. At that time, we suggested that audio of the interview would appear

In episode #9 of The GrassCast we bring you an interview with Sammy Shelor. Sammy stopped by the AcuTab office to share some exciting news about The Lonesome River Band with John, and we captured it as an interview. They

We have posted several times about the recent embrace of traditional bluegrass instruments as a principal of study at the Berklee College Of Music in Boston, MA. While other post secondary schools facilitate the study of bluegrass music - most

This post is a contribution from Ned Luberecki, banjo player with Chris Jones and The Night Drivers, and instructor at the Gibson Bluegrass Showcase in Nashville, TN. Here's the story of how I got to play banjo on a movie

John Ratzenberger's Made In America is a popular television program on the cable network, Travel Channel. The show journeys to sites all over the United States to highlight businesses, both large and small, who manufacture products here in America. A